The International Phonetic Alphabet
History
Goal
Create a way to universally transcribe oral languages.
Birth of the IPA
- The International Phonetic Association was founded in Paris in 1886 as the Phonetic Teachers' Association
- Promote an international phonetic alphabet, mainly for English, French, and German
Birth of the IPA
- First version published in 1888
- Revised and updated periodically
- Latest change was in 2018
The IPA Chart
[t͡ʙ̥]
Puzzles
IOL 2016 Team Problem
https://wj3ng.github.io/uniling
UniLing 2: The IPA
By Willie Jeng
